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    Did you protest recently? Your face might be in a database | Evan Selinger and Albert Fox Cahn

    In the United States, at least one in four law enforcement agencies are able to use facial recognition technology. The implications are troubling
    by Evan Selinger and Albert Fox Cahn Jul 17, 2020 3 minutes
    ‘In New York City alone, the NYPD used facial recognition more than 8,000 times last year.’ Photograph: David McNew/AFP/Getty Images

    In recent weeks, millions have taken to the streets to oppose police violence and proudly say: “Black Lives Matter.” These protests will no doubt be featured in history books for many generations to come. But, as privacy researchers, we fear a darker legacy, too. We know that hundreds of thousands of photos and videos of protesters have been recorded and uploaded online. They could remain there indefinitely, only to be dredged up decades later. It is for this reason that we must ask whether those photos could end up in a facial recognition database.

    We know that,law enforcement agencies are able to use facial recognition technology– considered one of the most dangerous surveillance tools by privacy researchers – with little oversight. While it may take months, even years, to know the full scope of how facial recognition has been used in the most recent protests, police departments have used everything from

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